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Show Guarantee insures that your room will be right, or we'll make it right, or that night ;you stay free. So let us take care of you. We give you a guarantee... not excuses. Holiday Inns, with over 1,540 hotels in the United States, is the first major hotel chain to introduce a written room guarantee. Our No Excuses Room PHOENIX AIRPORT TUCSON NORTH TUCSON SOUTH BOEING FIELD DOWNTOWN SEATTLE-TACOM- MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE DENVER BEACH LOS ANGELES TEXAS HAWAII ABILENE, AMARILLO, LUBBOCK HONOLULU AIRPORT MAKAI WAIKIKI BEACH OAKLAND SAN DIEGO ffl. ACAPULCO V'DTOWN COLORADO BLVO SPORTS CENTER AIRPORT BRENTWOOD CONVENTION CENTER DOWNTOWN & TACOMA NEW MEXICO COLORADO HOLLYWOOD LIVERMORE LONG BEACH SEATTLE RENO SANTA MONICA VAN NUYS WEST COVINA WOODLAND HILLS CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON NEVADA CALIFORNIA ARIZONA CASA GRANDE HARBOR VIEW NEVADA SAN FRANCISCO CONVENTION CENTER FINANCIAL DISTRICT FISHERMANS WHARF GOLDEN GATEWAY UNION SQUARE UTAH LAS VEGAS .i7jrL- SALT LAKE CITY CENTER STRIP DOWNTOWN SOUTH STRIP AIRPORT DOWNTOWN - V, A . f'T' ? jci','. M- From a small ma and pa grocery store in 1932 to one of Jtf G Jt t - VAPUiSsi.rTt.-.J.-- ' , 1972 Smith's enters Las Vegas market with purchase of Food Fair and Food City Stores. Today there are 15 Smith's Stores and Food and Drug Centers in greater Las Vegas. 1976 Smith's builds first combination Food and Drug Center to establish a pattern for the future. At the same time, stores adopt discount pricing in all areas and many new customer-orienteservices: Customer Advisors to the President; Customer Service College (a mobile Wahovft, 1970 (Sine C the largest food Golden Anniversary Utah (Sine 1932) and drug companies in New Mexico thed.S. (Sine 1977) West Texes training bus which takes intensive (Sine training to all stores); our unique Customer Report Card system which invites cus- Read the highlights of the incredible Smiths story. 1332 and combination Food and Drug Centers in Utah. Son grocery bottom of The Big Depression--iBrigham City, Utah. The son was Dee Smith, then 6 years old, who learned the grocery business sweeping floors, sacking potatoes, and bagging groceries. 1845 Dee Smith returns from World War II to begin his career in grocery Lorenzo Smith store was opened & in 1932-t- he 18Sy Smith's buys Intermountain Souvall's and becomes a major supplier to the Intermountain West non-foo- Smith's enters Idaho market with of Shelby's Stores in Southern Idaho Today there are 13 conventional Smith's Stores and Smith's Food and Drug Centers in Idaho. purchase business. 185QS Begins expansion in Northern Utah with purchase of four additional 1971 Smith's moves into California with purchase of Food Giant Supermarkets Today there are 31 conventional Smiths Stores and Food and Drug Centers in Southern California. stores. SHOS Enters Salt Lake market with purchase of Mayfair Stores. Today there are 35 conventional Smiths Stores 1 s'tL-rr' J utr.i J . ,'L. ' - - S " tomer suggestions for improvement and many more innovative services Smith's enters New Mexico with purchase of K Mart and Globe Discount Stores, followed by Foodway Stores Today Smith's has 21 food stores and Drug Centers in New Mexico Smiths enters West Texas region with acquisition of additional Foodway Stores Today Smiths operates 8 conventional food stores and combination Food and Drug Centers in West Texas 1979 To help customers save money, Smith's introduces No Name" Generic products to region and expands lines in other regions. Today, Smith's offers more "No Name" Generic products in all regions of the company Utah-ldah- than any other food chain. 19801982 fi -- ' i ' Continued expansion with the building of 27 combination Food and Drug Centers in all regions of the company. Smith's continues to innovate by developing new test departments (Nutrition Centers, Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlors and World of Candies, Service Delicatessens, greatly expanded Camera Bars with audio-visua- l aids, electronic games and video recording k f 7 rentals). Although most of our new stores are combination stores, we have continued to remodel all existing conventional stores to include expanded lines of health and beauty aids, plants, even seasonal toys at exceptional savings. And because we care about you and your good health, we have added discount pharmacies wherever possible. a? f the next 50 years, we will continue to operate both conventional food stores, combination food and drug centers and In whatever kind of stores innovative marketing can design to serve you better. Look to Smiths for leadership and innovation in service, new product introduction, convenience and everyday low prices. k PAGE I & I if i |